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Congregation Eitz Chaim
Monroe Woodbury Jewish Community Center
1465 Orange Turnpike/P.O. Box 183
Monroe, NY 10949
(845) 783 - 7424
http://eitzchaim-monroe.org
Rabbi Alex Salzberg
Tishrei—Cheshvan 5775
Chag Sameach Sukkot
October 2014
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August Donations :
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Mazel Tov’s / In honor of:
Dial - A - Card
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William & Athena Hagerty – Gift in honor of Aviva
Cohen
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Joan & Morton Pollner - In honor of Sanford and
Isabel Laufer's 40th anniversary
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Barbara & Robert Fromowitz - In honor of David
Brunner's retirement "welcome to the good life"
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Barbara & Robert Fromowitz - Thank you for a
wonderful journal dinner to: Diane Soss, Judi Berman &
Karen Celidonio
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Barbara & Robert Fromowitz - Jonathan & Dara
Koza - Thank you and may we all sing "hallelujah" again
next year!
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Donations have been received from:
Shirley Pinkus : Wishing Diane Soss a
speedy recovery and a Refouah Schlemah;
Rochelle Marshall – In honor of Paul Siegel
...In memory of Estel Renee Strauss, Z"L
Rochelle & Ida Marshall – In honor of the Wyler’s
cute granddaughter
Aliyahs and Mishaberach:
Barbara & Robert Fromowitz - Saying of Mishaberach
Yizkor / Yahrzeit / In memory of:
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Larry & Barbara Vitelli - In memory of George Phillip Green
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Sheila Ornstein - Yizkor in memory of Paul Ornstein,
Jason Rosenblum & Andrew Rosenblum
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Harley & Alyse Matsil - Yizkor in memory of Leonard Elias, dear father

Margaret Meth - Yiskor in memory of those we love
& lost
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Rochelle Marshall - Yiskor in memory of Jack Marshall
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Aviva & Sheldon Cohen - Yahrzeit - Ruth Cohen
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Brenda Winkler Goldfarb – Yahrzeit Max Winkler
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Henry & Samira Galler - Yiskor
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Lola & Efraim Jaronowski - Yahrzeit Efraim's
mom, Salomea Berkowicz
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783-3930 Cards are available for any occasion including birthdays, graduations, in
honor of, in. Mail your donation (min. $8.00)
check (made out to Sisterhood MWJCC)
to her at: 5 Mercury Avenue, Monroe,
NY 10950
...Sending get well wishes and a refouah schlemah to her brother in Law Murray Sokoloff;
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Order a special, beautiful card for any occasion simply by calling Samira Galler at
Shirley Pinkus – To honor Aviva Cohen on her birth-
day
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Rochelle Marshall – In memory of Sydell Blatt
Ida Bonelli - Yahrzeit - Louis Fleischman
Ida Marshall : Donation in memory of Estel
Renee Strauss Z"L We will miss her and her
beautiful music.
Henry & Samira Galler : Sending condolences to Barbara & Leslie Bahr on the untimely
passing of Dick Bahr Z"L
Rita & Gerry Wincott : In Memory of Renee
Strauss Z"L;
...In Memory of Dick Bahr Z"L
Martin & Judi Berman : in Memory of Renee
Strauss Z"L
Margaret & Warren Meth : In Memory of
Renee Strauss Z"L;
...Wishing Diane Soss a speedy recovery.
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Yahrzeit Announcements
October 3 - Toby Schack observes the yahrzeit of her father, Leon Marshall (9 Tishrei)
October 3 - Ruth Sussman observes the yahrzeit of her
daughter-in-law, Geri Sussman (9 Tishrei)
October 5 - Judy Ronay observes the yahrzeit of her father, Moshe ben Rachel and Joseph Lieb (11 Tishrei)
October 8 - Jane Kleiman observes the yahrzeit of her
mother, Hilda Beson (14 Tishrei)
October 8 - Alyse Matsil observes the yahrzeit of her father, Leonard Elias (14 Tishrei)
October 9 - Arlyne Berman observes the yahrzeit of her
sister, Rita G. Kanarick (15 Tishrei)
October 9 - Rita Wincott observes the yahrzeit of her sister-in-law, Wilma Jean Lassen (15 Tishrei)
October 13 - Barbara Fromowitz observes the yahrzeit of
her father, Harry Feldman (19 Tishrei)
October 14 - Kiki Nelson observes the yahrzeit of her father, Louis Katznelson (20 Tishrei)
October 16 - Samira Galler observes the yahrzeit of her
father, Haskel Balass (22 Tishrei)
USHPIZOT ~
October 19 - Gary Kestenbaum observes the yahrzeit of
his father, Martin Kestenbaum (25 Tishrei)
Our Honored Guests
October 20 - Mike Lander observes the yahrzeit of his
mother, Pearl Lander (26 Tishrei)
What Extraordinary Jewish Women Would You
Invite Into Your
October 20 - Glenn Green observes the yahrzeit of his
mother, Mildred Schaffer Green (26 Tishrei)
Sukkah?
October 22 - Warren Miller observes the yahrzeit of his
father-in-law, Joseph Dwork (28 Tishrei)
(e.g., Queen Esther, Golda Meir, Emma Lazarus, Joan
Rivers, Mom, Tante Baila?)
October 23 - Rita Wincott observes the yahrzeit of her
mother, Molly Lassen (29 Tishrei)
Join us on Tuesday, October 14, 2014
October 24 - Shirley Pinkus observes the yahrzeit of her
husband, Sam Pinkus (30 Tishrei)
October 26 - Carlton, Nancy, Joan, Rachel and Benjamin Levine observes the yahrzeit of their son and brother,
Joshua Nathan Levine (2 Heshvan)
October 26 - Rose Wolvek observes the yahrzeit of her
mother, Gertrude Adelson (2 Heshvan)
October 28 - Marilyn Grossman observes the yahrzeit of
her mother, Frieda Badiner (4 Heshvan)
October 29 - David Brunner observes the yahrzeit of his
father, Leonard Brunner (5 Heshvan)
October 31 - Harley Matsil observes the yahrzeit of his
father, Alvin Matsil (7 Heshvan)
7 PM at Congregation Eitz Chaim
Show and/or tell why your guest is special to
you!
Refreshments will be served
Suggested Donation ~ $7.
RSVP by Oct. 5th to
Fran Gordon: 496-6114
[email protected]
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From the Desk of Rabbi Alex Salzberg
As I write this, I have just returned from my first Shabbat at Eitz Chaim. It was a wonderful experience that gave
me a chance to get to know members of the community. I received a warm welcome – and several warm and delicious meals – and am optimistic about what we will be able to do together over the course of this year.
This year I am excited to work with the community of Eitz Chaim. I hope to join you in building on the already vibrant prayer services. I am enthusiastic about the possibilities that the new Hebrew School model creates for both
the children and adults in our community. I am also thinking about ways to provide more educational and community building opportunities for the adult members of Eitz Chaim – because we can always learn more.
Like everything in life, I am sure that my plans for this year will change as we get to know one another and as I
learn about what you would like from me. I am also sure that you will have needs and desires that develop over
the course of the year, and I look forward to working with all of you to see what we can create together.
I am eager to return to Monroe for the High Holidays and beyond, and to introduce my family to this wonderful
community.
The date of the next Book Club meeting is
Sisterhood Book Club
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH 7 PM
Location TBA
Sisterhood’s next book choice is:
From the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev comes a mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion.
During the 1948 War of Independence--a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages--a gifted
young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. In the moments before his death, he dispatches one last pigeon. The
bird is carrying his extraordinary gift to the girl he has loved since adolescence. Intertwined with this story is the
contemporary tale of Yair Mendelsohn, who has his own legacy from the 1948 war. Yair is a tour guide specializing
in bird-watching trips who, in middle age, falls in love again with a childhood girlfriend. His growing passion for
her, along with a gift from his mother on her deathbed, becomes the key to a life he thought no longer possible.
Unforgettable in both its particulars and its sweep, A Pigeon and A Boy is a tale of lovers then and now--of how
deeply we love, of what home is, and why we, like pigeons trained to fly in one direction only, must eventually return to it. In a voice that is at once playful, wise, and altogether beguiling, Meir Shalev tells a story as universal
as war and as intimate as a winged declaration of love.
Are you a “K.E.N.”?
(Kosher Empty Nester)
We are couples and singles whose children have fled
the nest, including those who have children away at
college. We meet once a month for a Friday Shabbat
dinner in various homes. You don’t need to be kosher
to host—just make dairy, fish or vegetarian dishes.
Please join us in celebrating the joy of Shabbat!
For more information call Barbara Zucker at
(928-6906)
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The next Shalom Deadline is
October 5th for the November Issue
Please send articles as a MS word file to
Sheila at: [email protected]
Congregation Eitz Chaim is a conservative synagogue affiliated with United Synagogue of America Please donate your unused toiletries to the batand Women’s League for Conservative Judaism.
tered women’s shelter. There is a basket set up
Shalom is published on or about the 1st of the
in the rear lobby.
month, ten times per year, and is sponsored by the
Sponsored by Jewish Family
Sisterhood of Eitz Chaim.
Editor:
Sheila Ornstein
928-6244
Circulation:
Linda Siegel 782-5292
Advertising:
Bonnie Brunner 497-8321
Please e-mail the Shalom directly with your news:
Send to Sheila- [email protected]
Please email all submissions to Shalom typewritten in upper and lower case letters (please send as a Microsoft Word
file).
October Kiddush
Upcoming dates are being sponsored by:
Gail Sulliven—October 11th—in honor of her
grandson, Joseph Steven’s, birthday.
Eitz Chaim Board of Directors—October
18th in honor of the Outgoing Board Members
and the Incoming Board Members.
Pomeranatz Family—November 8th—in
honor of Rebecca’s Bat Mitzvah.
Services.
Thank You!!
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SHOP AT THE
EITZ CHAIM
GIFT SHOP
FOR ALL YOUR
JUDAICA NEEDS!
Call Jane (783-3110) for
Information.
SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS.
TELL THEM YOU SAW THEIR AD IN THE SHALOM
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Our November Bat Mitzvah
Tens of Thousands Rally For Israel
Around The World
Joining thousands around the world, at least
10,000 pro-Israel New Yorkers, among them Eitz
Chaim’s Rochelle Marshall and Paul and Linda
Siegel, turned out on Sunday, July 28 for the “New
York With Israel” rally that the World Jewish Congress co sponsored at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza,
near the United Nations.
Rochelle arrived early, hours before the official
starting time, to secure their spot, front row and
center directly across from the speakers’ platform.
The crowd which thronged the plaza and spilled
onto Second Avenue, heard speakers including
New York’s Senator Charles Schumer, the chair of
the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, Congress member Elliot Engel of New York;
and the Consul General of Israel in New York, Ambassador Ido Aharoni, and Israel’s Ambassador to
the UN, Ron Prosor. Other New York elected communal figures, and rabbis also addressed the
crowd. Rochelle’s excitement listening to the rabbi’s
intensified when she spotted Eitz Chaim’s Rabbi
Barry Katz. He did not address the crowd, but even
better, came over to greet and speak with Rochelle,
Rebecca Elizabeth Pomerantz will be celebrating her Paul, and Linda.
Bat Mitzvah November 8, 2014. Rebecca is a 7th grader at Monroe-Woodbury Middle School where she enjoys
playing her violin. Her favorite subjects are Reading
and Orchestra. She loves horses and enjoys riding as
much as she can. She currently is volunteering at Winslow Therapeutic Equestrian Center. Rebecca also loves
running and is busy with the "Girls on the Run" team
at her school, training for their big race at the end of
November!
Rebecca is a Girl Scout at the Cadette level. She has
already earned her Bronze award and is busy working
towards her Silver award..
Rebecca's parents, Karen and Jay and her younger
brother, David, are extremely proud of all of Rebecca's
hard work and dedication. Rebecca's grandparents,
Carol, Len and Reni are very excited, and are anxiously awaiting the big day. Rebecca's family looks forward to sharing her Simcha with the entire Eitz Chaim
congregation.
The rally near the UN was one of many pro Israel demonstrations around the world in recent
weeks including Washington DC, Budapest, Hungary, and in Marseille, in southern France.
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If the rich could hire other
people to die for them, the
poor could make a wonderful living.
Yiddish Proverb
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
The Hebrew School and Gan Shalom have been re-enrolled in
the Box Tops For Education program. It started in December
2012. At that time our school ID, which is 961171, became
active. There are three programs that can add up to $60,000
per year for the school. One is the regular Box Top collection, two is Bonus Box Tops, and the third is shopping online.
An explanation of all there is found at www.BTFE.com. Immediately, we are collecting box tops, which equal 10 cents each.
There is a basket on the table near the downstairs front door
B’KOR CHOLIM COMMITTEE
Eitz chaim is a caring community. A B'kor Cholim committee has been formed to offer
support to our Eitz Chaim family. If you or anyone you know in our congregation needs a
call, a card, or a contact, please et one of us on the committee know.
Beth Marks Moses [email protected] 845-427-2704
Paula Spector [email protected]
845-610-3548
Nancy Rothstein [email protected] 845-783-7069
SCRIP GIFT CARDS
We have Scrip
in $50.- &
$100.-denominations.
For every purchase you make, the Shul earns 5 percent.
It is completely painless, you just exchange your cash for a gift card and - voila- you are
ready to go shopping.
The gift cards are available at the office. Call Margaret at
783-7424 or stop in.
ShopRite & Stop & Shop Scrip is available!
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SISTERHOOD BOARD 2014—2016
Birthday Cards: Kathy Falber – 782-0608
Sisterhood Co-Presidents:
Historian: Judy Ronay – 492-2074
Linda Siegel – 782-5292
High Holiday Babysitting:
Fran Gordon – 496-6114
Elaine Osterhaut – 928-6466
Vice President of Fundraising
Aviva Zucker – 928-6906
Rochelle Marshall – 783-2495
Arlyne Berman – 783-2773
Rebekah Linkowski—917-204-9401
Israeli Affairs:
Treasurer: Rita Wincott – 783-6572
Rochelle Marshall – 783-2495
Membership:
Bonnie Brunner – 497-8321
Gail Sullivan – 774-2635
Ellen McNally—294-9047
Recording Secretary: Gail Sullivan—774-2635
Corresponding Sec’y: Isabelle Laufer – 783-5190
Kiddush Committee:
Paula Spector – 610-3548
Ronnee MacDonald – 782-0453
Yom Huledet to our
October Birthdays:
Diane Soss – 782-7018
October 3rd………….Barbara Zucker
Shalom Newsletter:
October 6th………….David Siegel
Sheila Ornstein – 928-6244
Linda Siegel – 782-5292
Bonnie Brunner – 497-8321
Randy Treiber
October 10th………...Steven Bakst
Donna Kushner
Judaica Shop:
October 11th………...Joan Ostrer
Jane Kleiman – 783-3110
October 19th………...Gary Kestenbaum
Karen Fischer – 928-8115
Sunshine: Adria Gross – 782-7132
Women’s League Liaison:
Karen Celidonio – 928-2701
Education Liaison: Ilyse Grunes – 774-0816
Book Club: Alyse Matsil—238-3494
Rosh Chodesh Group: Beth Marks—427-2704
Jennie Ossentjuk—496-1892
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Gifts: Barbara Vitelli -783-7275
Dial-a-Card: Samira Galler – 783-3930
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Sisterhood Bereavement/Refouah Schlemah Fund
Sisterhood has a bereavement fund that is used to
provide meals for families during their time of shiva or recovery from illness. Donations to this fund
are welcome. Please make your check out to:
Sisterhood MWJCC
and put “Bereavement/Refouch Schlemah Donation” on the memo line and send it to:
Sisterhood MWJCC
c/o Sheila Ornstein
19 Scaglione Court
Highland Mills, NY 10930
A donation has been made by
Shirley Pinkus is memory of Estel Renee
Strauss.
From the bottom of our hearts,
the Marks-Moses Family and Adam
thank our Eitz Chaim family for all
the love and blessings extended to
Tamara and Adam during their
Aufruf.
So many people stepped up to
make the day memorable. Tamara
shared that she felt embraced by
her Eitz Chaim family and was
proud to introduce Adam who felt
so included as well.
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Monroe Woodbury Jewish Community Center
PO Box 183
Monroe, New York 10949
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Friday Night
6:00 PM
Shabbat Morning
9:00 AM
Sunday Morning
8:30 AM
May 25 —9:06 pm
If you would like to arrange a morning or evening
minyan for a yahrzeit call Mark Schulberg.